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President Donald J. Trump Is Honoring His Commitment to Protect American Workers by Temporarily Pausing Immigr
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April 23, 2020

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President Donald J. Trump Is Honoring His Commitment to Protect American Workers by Temporarily Pausing Immigration

 

“By pausing immigration, we’ll help put unemployed Americans first in line for jobs as America reopens. So important. It would be wrong and unjust for Americans laid off by the virus to be replaced with new immigrant labor flown in from abroad.” – President Donald J. Trump

 

PROTECTING AMERICAN WORKERS: President Donald J. Trump is taking action to temporarily pause immigration and protect American workers as we confront the coronavirus.

  • President Trump is suspending new immigrant visas to put American communities and workers first as we move toward safely reopening the economy… (Full Fact Sheet)

https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/president-donald-j-trump-honoring-commitment-protect-american-workers-temporarily-pausing-immigration/